Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is a clinically complex disorder resulting from alterations of normal intestinal anatomy and physiology and producing a variety of nutritional, infectious, and metabolic complications. It is usually defined functionally and is considered to be present when the patient has malabsorption in conjunction with a shortened small intestine.1 After resection, the residual sma...

cases are being recognized and successfully operated upon nowadays. During the last 12 months, the author has come across at least 12 well-authenticated cases. The case described below presented certain peculiar features which makes its publication worth while. Case report S. L. D., 22, Hindu female, complained of occasional vague abdominal burning pain and indigestion for 6 months. She was rat...

INTRODUCTION Adult intussusception is a rare condition with a pathological lead point. Intraoperative reduction of adult intussusception can eliminate the need for extensive or invasive resection. We safely performed a manual laparoscopy-assisted intraoperative reduction that allowed functional preservation of tissue. PRESENTATION OF CASE A 70-year-old woman with dull right lumbar pain at reg...

Williams syndrome (WS), also known as Williams-Beuren syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder characterized by infantile hypercalcemia, short stature, varying degree of mental retardation, elfin-like facial features, and cardiovascular abnormalities, including systemic hypertension, aortic hypoplasia, coarctation the aorta, valvular heart disease (aortic pulmonic stenosis, mitral valve prolapsed o...

anatomic variant found in 2% of the population. It is a remnant of the vitelline duct, which is usually located on the antimesenteric border of the ileum, within about 60 cm of the terminal ileum. As a congenital variant, Meckel’s diverticula are often found in children and less commonly present in the adult population. The anatomic variant was initially identified by Fabricus Hildanus in 1598;...